Prelude Chamber Music Camp 2019

Prelude Chamber Music Camp & Festival 2019

June 16th – 23rd

We will open our camp week on Sunday, June 16, 2018 at the Friday Musicale with a performance by the Vega Quartet at 4PM. The main coaching center of camp will be Riverside Park United Methodist Church in Jacksonville, Florida (June 17-21), followed by weekend concerts (June 22-23. This is an incredible opportunity for students to learn from outstanding music professionals and teachers.

At Prelude Chamber Music Camp, you’ll study and rehearse as part of a small ensemble and with our dedicated coaches and teachers. You’ll also get a chance to explore new areas through elective break-outs and enjoy daily special events. After all your hard work, you’ll perform as an ensemble in concerts for friends, family and our community at the end of the week. You can come with your own pre-formed ensemble or we’ll create one for you. We accept all levels of musicians and ages.

Many of our coaches are also members of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra along with special guest musicians and instructors, who are invited to town to teach master classes on intensive topics such as communication, technique, interpretation, theory, composition and ensemble performance.

In order to organize everyone into tracks and levels that fit his/her current needs and abilities, each student auditions for placement.

Prelude Chamber Music Concerts Schedule

All concerts free and open to the public. Please invite your friends and family!

Sunday, June 16th at 4pm at Friday Musicale

645 Oak St, Jacksonville, FL 32204

Primary and Prelude Concert

Saturday, June 22nd, 11:30am at Riverside Park United Methodist Church

819 Park St, Jacksonville, FL 32204

Intensive Finale Concert

Sunday, June 23rd, 4:00pm

Prelude Chamber Music Camp Week

Sun., June 16th, Opening Performance will be held at Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St., Jacksonville, FL 32204. The Vega Quartet will perform at 4pm! The concert is open to everyone – please invite your friends and family.

Mon., June 17th – Fri., June 21th: Riverside Park United Methodist Church, 819 Park St, Jacksonville, FL 32204. All participants need to arrive and check-in at 8:45am. The daily schedule begins at 9am for everyone. Primary group pick up at 1pm; Prelude and Intensive groups dismiss at 5pm daily.

Placement Auditions will be held April 6th-7th at Riverside Park United Methodist Church. More information at preludechambermusic.org/placement-auditions. Note: All Prelude and Intensive Track registrants must audition for placement. Primary Track applicants are not required to participate in placement auditions. You may audition solo or with your pre-formed group. Each person must pay the deposit before placement auditions.

Camp Benefits

Outstanding experienced faculty

4:1 (participant to coach) ratio

Structured and exploratory learning opportunities

Students may organize their own small ensemble or be assigned to an ensemble by our faculty who listens to a placement audition

Centrally located and convenient to our whole community

Provides opportunities to explore other aspects of music-making in our electives programs; Sign up for electives at placement audition

Performance opportunities for all participants during and after the festival sessions.

Partial and Full scholarships available by written request and review with camp application.

Welcome to our 17th season of Prelude Chamber Music Camp & Festival in Jacksonville, Florida, where we’ve been teaching kids and adults the joy of chamber music since 2002. Started by a Jacksonville Symphony violinist Jeanne Majors, and two colleagues, Chris Chappell and Vernon Humbert, the strings chamber music camp has become an annual labor of love for Jeanne and the many musicians who teach at the camp each summer.

Prelude Chamber Music Camp & Festival is open every June to strings students of all ages and to musicians of all levels of proficiency. Each year about 60 – 100 students participate in the summer camp and festival, and many receive generous scholarships provided by our donors. Prelude’s alumni grow up with a greater appreciation for classical music, team work, and self-discipline. Some continue to pursue professional musical careers.

From beginners to master musicians, different tracks of small ensembles (usually 3-4 in an ensemble) are organized based on the participant registration, the instrument mix, skills, performance experience, maturity and other important small-ensemble considerations. Whether you have a pre-formed ensemble or want to be placed, there’s always a spot for you. Complementary small ensembles are carefully chosen by our organizers.

Each year funds are raised to foster outreach programs and to bring in more students who otherwise would not have had the means or the opportunity to experience music education in this inviting and well-organized environment that encourages students to move beyond current abilities and demonstrate their best.